SIGNAL | Sino-Israel Global Network & Academic Leadership

Overview of SIGNAL Initiatives:

Israel Studies Program

SIGNAL established the first Israel Studies Programs (ISPs) at universities in China. During 2011-2012, SIGNAL opened ISPs in cooperation with Sichuan International Studies University (SISU) in Chongqing, Henan University in Kaifeng, Shanghai International Studies University (SHISU) in Shanghai and Shihezi University in Shihezi, Xinjiang. Each program is customized to the specific character of the university and the province to engage students and faculty in the study of the modern State of Israel and its people in the most effective manner.

SIGNAL sponsored Israel Studies research paper competitions expose an ever-growing number of students to the modern Jewish State. For a full semester, under faculty supervised research, the students focus on a range of topics including Israel's history, society, culture and politics.

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Sino-Israeli Research Centers

Center for Contemporary Sino Israel Studies (CCSIS), founded by SIGNAL and Shanghai Jiaotong University, is the world's premier China-Israel research center focusing on comparative politics and strategic analysis. CCSIS, based at Shanghai Jiaotong University, the "Princeton of China", focuses on policy oriented research as well as interdisciplinary projects, capitalizing on SJTU's diverse fields of expertise from international relations to space science.

CCSIS received official sanction from China's Ministry of Education in the second half of this year, and will enjoy governmental funding as the center grows.

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Nation to Nation Networking

To achieve an immediate effect, SIGNAL aims to reach the elite scholars of China who impact Chinese policy and provide a platform for these influential Chinese and Israeli scholars to share ideas and analyses on subjects of pressing mutual interest and concern. SIGNAL achieves this through hosting delegations in Israel, establishing joint research projects and conducting strategic dialogues in China and Israel.

Through Conferences and Symposiums, Briefings, and Delegation visits, Joint research SIGNAL ensures an all-important continuous presence in China.

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Israel Resource Center

SIGNAL established the first Chinese language, on-line academic resource center, providing introductory to scholarly material on Israel and its people to redress misconceptions by offering accurate and easily accessible information. The IRC provides real and present support to students and faculty participating in SIGNAL's Israel Studies Programs.

This Israel Resource Center includes essays and articles about Israeli society, economy, technological innovation, religion, culture and history; an opportunity to ask an Israeli expert specific questions; and information on studying abroad in Israel.

Visit our English Israel Resource Center (IRC)

Visit our Chinese Israel Resource Center (IRC)

News & Events:

SIGNAL’s managing director publishes China Israel essay in the leading journal

The manuscript analyzes the difficult path these two ancient nations followed before and after they established formal diplomatic ties.

Senior SIGNAL Scholar Barry Rubin’s Books available on line

Prof. Barry Rubin, Director of the GLORIA research center and Deputy Director of SIGNAL’s Center for Contemporary Sino-Israel Studies, has made his life’s work available for free over the internet.

SIGNAL to establish two new Israel Studies Programs

ISPs are now being established this year in south China’s Yunnan Province at Yunnan University under the School of International Studies and in central China in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province at Northwest University under the Middle East Studies department.